Washington (NC) High School / Newport News High School Class of
@ 1941

Dear
Friends and Schoolmates,

There is sad
news to report this Saturday morning. Ruth Greenspon Smith,
Washington (NC) High School / Newport News High School Class of @ 1941, passed away in
Sandy Springs, Georgia on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the age of
88.
May her memory be for a blessing always.

Ruth Goldye Greenspon Smith

Sandy Springs,
GA - Ruth Goldye Smith, 88, of Sandy Springs, GA, passed away peacefully
Thursday, April 25, 2013 in her home. She was loved by everyone who knew
her. Her heart and her hand were always open to all.

Born to
Lillian and Reuben Greenspon, of blessed memory, she grew up in Washington,
NC, and moved to Newport News, VA for her senior year in high school. While
attending the first three years of high school in North Carolina, she
maintained the highest scholastic average in the entire school, while at the
same time winning three annual gold medals for citizenship.

She
completed 2-1/2 years at Westhampton College in Richmond, VA before going to
work for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics at Langley Field,
VA (what is today known as NASA). Although she was the only editor without a
college degree, her work was highly regarded by her co-workers.

Ruth is
preceded in death by her daughter, Carol, and is survived by her loving
husband of 66 years, Mayer; her sons, Jonathan and Steven; her brother,
Irving and his wife Adele; her sister, Leah Fink; son-in-law, Charlie
Abraham; her grandchildren: Rachel Allende and her husband Jose, Jacob
Abraham and his wife Christina, Noah, Lily Ana, Shira, Victor and David; and
many nieces and nephews.